Dont know the extension cord value

[Peter]

On 7/28/2012 12:23 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:
With the price of copper these days, it does pay to salvage 12g cords.
Amazing how the price escalates when you compare 18/16/14/12 g cords of
the same length and number of conductors.

[Bennett Price]

Mow your lawn. If the cord is appreciably warm after you're done,
replace it with at 14 or 12 gauge extension cord.

On 7/28/2012 7:41 AM, Novel8 wrote:

[Bob F]

Bennett Price wrote:

Mow your lawn. If the mower is burned out at the end, the cord was too small.

[bob haller]

On Jul 28, 9:36*pm, "Bob F" <bobnos...@gmail.com> wrote:

just monitor the cord temperature as you mow, just feel it up

[Don Phillipson]

"Novel8" <korevette@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f06cee73-6520-4a9b-a55d-58ebda1b0e96@googlegroups.com...


What did they tell you at the hardware or electrical supply store when
you showed them the cord and asked?

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[Novel8]

On Saturday, July 28, 2012 11:51:23 AM UTC-4, Duesenberg wrote:

Yes, my [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] is a 12 amp job according to the manual, but I was usingit with an outdoor cord that says on it "13 Anp,125v, 1625W for a couple of years with no problem, though the orange cord was getting 'rings' aroundit. Finally the other day after using it a couple of minutes, the motor went "dead'...i thought i blew a fuse. That was when I noticed another orangecolored cord with no info on it at all, albeit shorter than the one I had.I think its about 15'. So i tried the mower on solid ground and it worked just fine...but I am still nervous in using it not knowing about its limitations. This is NYC and there is no small town hardware that I know of to bring it too. I did see a 16 gauge extension cord by accident in one of those.99 cents stores of all places...albeit it was like 9' long ( too short ) and fragile looking..more for indoors, I think. Why would they rate them the same 16 gauge? I wouldn't even attempt to buy that one.

[dpb]

On 7/29/2012 2:26 PM, Novel8 wrote:
....


More than likely just broke a conductor. NEC ratings are 15A for 14 ga
conductors so one can assume that's what that one is...

....


That it ran on the other cord is even more indication that all that
happened is a conductor broke on the other--likely could be near the
plug or receptacle end and could be repaired w/ $2 replacement.

The inexpensive cord is undoubtedly 16 ga at best and is an appliance
cord for stuff like a lamp or similar loads indoors, indeed.

Nothing really drastic is going to happen using a 15-ft cord unless it's
so warm after use you can really tell it easily--the length is simply
too short for the voltage drop owing to the conductor size alone to be
an issue--so, if it's warm it's clearly because the conductors are small
for the load and you need a heavier cord. If it carries the load w/o
being noticeably warm, its heavy enough it's not going to cause a fire
or do damage to the mower motor because of low supply voltage.

How long a cord do you need and what could it possibly cost to go to a
WalMart or whatever is similar nearby where you buy stuff in general and
buy a new outdoor cord of 14 ga that will be rated adequate and quite
worrying, though? $15 at the extreme outside, maybe?????

--

[HeyBub]

Novel8 wrote:

Tell us why you are nervous - you may be trying to solve the wrong problem.

[Ashton Crusher]

On Sat, 28 Jul 2012 10:59:17 -0400, "Stormin Mormon"
<cayoung61***spamblock@hotmail.com> wrote:


Take a lot more time and effort to run out and buy a new one instead
of taking the 10 minutes to repair the end.

[DerbyDad03]

Ashton Crusher <demi@moore.net> wrote:

....assuming you don't have to run out and buy a new end.